ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Cove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 14, 2017

Filed

Jun 12, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4,300

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Cove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC →

Cove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC (AL) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-06-12 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware) affecting 4,300 individuals. On April 14, 2017, the CE discovered ransomware had attacked its network server, potentially compromising its entire electronic medical records system — including names, SSNs, addresses, patient IDs, prescriptions, diagnoses, procedures, and treatment dates for 4,299 individuals. The CE responded by reinstalling its OS, restoring from off-site backup, resetting passwords, and hardening security controls. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Apr 14, 2017

Begins

Apr 14, 2017

Discovered

Jun 12, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_13921944df793e422017-06-12Candidate

Name: Cove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC
norm: cove family and sports medicine
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC
norm: cove family and sports medicine
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 14, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,300nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1490 Inhibit System Recovery
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submittedOCR obtained assurances of corrective actions

During the incident: Reinstalled operating system
Restored patient records from remote off-site backup
Changed all passwords and strengthened password requirements
Provided additional training to employees
Upgraded anti-virus protection and monitoring
Implemented additional backup program and protections
Removed internet access from all computers with direct server access
Changes made: OS reinstallation and recovery from off-site backup
Password policy hardening
Employee security training
Anti-virus upgrade
Enhanced backup protections
Network segmentation — removed internet access from server-connected machines
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 14, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 14, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 14, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 14, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJun 12 · first

HHS OCRJun 12 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jun 12, 2017
Raw hash: 015036e80e48d436a02845adec7a0ac8f9ca458bdc75ca533a82093ab64d389e

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC

Victim entityCove Family and Sports Medicine, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Apr 14, 2017

Stated responseReinstalled operating system

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing